Taking point
January 11, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsAt the end of the meeting, (much ignored) good practice is to summarise the decisions that were taken, the actions that were committed, and the updates that need to me... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Anchor it down
January 10, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsAt the start of the day, the week, the month, you have a pretty good idea of the things you need to get done. Some of them are in the... Read more
Not only those things
January 9, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsFinding and bringing new people into the team is not a science, not at the interesting level anyway. It’s not just about experience, although that matters. It’s not all about... Read more
Play with ideas
January 8, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThere is a view that you should hire people to do the things you want them to do. The actual things. That the role of management is to reduce each... Read more
We sit
January 7, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsWe sit with it. And we sit with it. And we feel a little stuck. And we sit with it some more. Then we’re really stuck. Despite being unhappy with... Read more